Congratulations to all of the spring 2023mechanical engineering graduates! The Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering thanks everyone who helped celebrateour graduates during our in-person recognition ceremony on Saturday, May 13. We are proud of each of our graduates andexcitedto see how each of you willimpact the world!
Photos of the full ceremony are available on with photos of individual graduates available in .
Victor Crespo-Cuevas, PhD
Thanks to my advisors Ginger and Franck, whose guidance, support and expertise have shaped my academic career. To my lab-mates, friends, and Ines, thank you for your unwavering support and believing in me throughout this challenging journey. Gracias a mi familia por apoyarme y ser un ejemplo para mi
Cary Faulkner, PhD
Thank you to my advisor Dr. Wangda Zuo, committee members, project collaborators, labmates, friends and family for all their guidance and support to achieve this goal. I am so grateful to have these special people in my life.
Austin Hayes, PhD
A big thank you to all my friends and family who helped support me on the way to my PhD and all my random adventures! I'd like to thank my advisor Greg specifically for taking me on and helping me explore my interests. And of course, my brother Brandon who shared this past 5 years with me!
Brandon Hayes, PhD
Thank you to Rob for advising me and bearing with me throughout the years. Also, a huge thanks to my labmates and friends for all the memories in Colorado which I’ll take with me wherever I go. Special thanks to my brother Austin and my family for all the support along the way.
Jatinder Sampathkumar, PhD
Graduate school is hard, graduate school in a foreign country is harder, and completing graduate school in a foreign country during a pandemic is even harder. Thank you to the fantastic community of faculty, staff, and fellow students at CU «Ƶ for helping make this possible! Sko Buffs!
Lawrence Smith, PhD
Lawrence hails from Campbell, CA and studies the automated design of mechanical systems. He enjoys running when the weather's nice and playing pool or throwing pottery when it’s not. Lawrence thanks his parents, siblings, and every person (and cat) who's been part of his life these last 6 years!
Vani Sundaram, PhD
To all the wonderful humans (and animals too)
whose many contributions snowballed and grew,
leading me to the end of my Ph.D. Phew!
Without my husband and family
My friends and Gustav Longfellow,
Success would have been
but a distant shadow.
Charlie Arnold, MS
Thank you to my family, partner, and advisors that supported me through the past two years. The knowledge I have gained as an engineer and the perspective this degree has given me on life is invaluable. I look forward to putting it to use with what comes next.
Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian, MS
Thanks to Mechanical Department for this wonderful opportunity, it was a life-changing experience to work with my grad team for Medtronics and for things that I learned in the mechatronics course through Professor Derek Reamon.
Julian Castrillon, MS
Thank you to all my family, friends, and teachers for continuously supporting and encouraging me throughout out this journey!
Connie Childs, MS
Thank you to my family and friends who inspired me to make the right choices, to the friends I made along the way, and to the people who learned something from me to carry with them. But my biggest thank you, as always, goes to Dad, who set me on this path in the first place. I am forever grateful.
Michael DeCapua, MS
I want to say thank you to the Design Center Colorado. Lots of projects I've been a part of that could go on to simplify or change lives. It's been awesome. Can't wait to see where the journey takes me. Sko Buffs!
Ryan Evans, MS
Thank you so much to my parents for encouraging and supporting me in my education. Many thanks to all those who have helped me grow in my professional development.
"Every day it gets a little easier…But you gotta do it every day — that’s the hard part. But it does get easier." - BoJack Horseman
Erik Feiereisen, MS
Thank you to everyone who was able to help me achieve this dream, and a special thanks to my parents who supported me the entire way.
Nicolas Garzione, MS
One step closer to building the Iron Man suit.
Arthur Gomez, MS
Thank you to my family and amazing girlfriend Claudia for their unconditional support along this journey. I wouldn’t have been able to make this journey without you all. I’d like to thank the Idea Forge staff and their great program.
Claire Isenhart, MS
Thank you to my wonderful family and supporters who have stood by me through thick and thin. I am so grateful for my time at CU and for the amazing faculty I have had the pleasure of meeting.
Alex Kelling, MS
Thanks to my family & friends for their ever-stalwart support, professors for answering my unceasing emails with homework questions, and Daria & Julie for the multitude of laughs.
Santhosh Lakshmanan, MS
A huge thanks to CU «Ƶ for giving me this opportunity to expand my learnings. I would also like to thank my family and friends for their immense support and encouragement.
Katrina Leyden, MS
Congratulations to all the graduating engineers! I'm looking forward to seeing all the things we accomplish, the problems we'll solve, and the changes we'll make.
“Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.” - Albert Einstein
Faizan Mir, MS
Thank you to my family and friends for all the support along the way that got me to this point. Looking forward to the future! "You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?" - Rumi
Brennan Moeller, MS
“I feel like I'm figuring things out, but I don't feel accomplished yet. I still feel like I'm an intern” – Virgil Abloh
Penn Jillette, magician: “The only secret of magic is that I’m willing to work harder on it than you think it’s worth.”
This applies to any craft. ~ Thank you all for your time.
Sam Morehead, MS
I want to thank my partner, Sophia, and my family for their love and support the past 4 years, Dr. Nicole Labbe and Dr. Greg Hampson for their mentorship, my lab mates for their limitless mutual support, and the Racing Team for all the good times shared and lessons learned together.
Iain Morgan, MS
"Welp that about does it- wraps it all up. Things seem to have worked out pretty good for the dude... and it was a pretty good story." - Sam Elliott
Trey Nevitt, MS
An enormous thank you to my friends and family for their support throughout my educational journey. With this era of studies coming to a close, I look forward to wherever the next adventure takes me.
Ryan Oroke, MS
Thank you to everyone who lent a helping hand throughout this endeavor! A special thanks to Mom, Dad, Colter & Percy for their persistent support and encouragement.
Jace Pivonka, MS
Thank you to all of my friends and family who helped me along the way!
Monique Reid, MS
Thank you to my support system from the East Coast. I couldn't have gotten this far without your love and encouragement. I can't wait for what the future holds!
Nick Riccobono, MS
Deciding to go back to school for an MS was a difficult choice, but I'm glad that I did anyways. I am so grateful for the encouragement and support of my fiance, Katherine. These two years were truly special and I won't soon forget them!
Bree Shepherd, MS
I want to thank everyone that's supported me through this program! My family, friends, and mentors have made this transition back to school in a new place a smooth/fun one. I appreciate all the support and am excited to continue my engineering career with new knowledge and connections. Sko Buffs!
Cole Smith, MS
Thank you to my family and friends and everyone else who helped and supported me along this path. It's been an epic journey so far and we'll see where life takes me next!
Rylan Veigel, MS
Rylan is graduating with a Dual Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management. He would like to thank all of those who helped and encouraged him as he pursued this goal. He would like to extend a special thank you to his grandparents Tom and Barbra for their unending love and support.
Additional Graduates
Mitchell Francisco Acosta, MS
Theo Agustin, BS
Nathan Richard Albu, MS
Mujtaba Al Hubayl, BS
Jon Albaum, BS
Ali Alfares, BS
Mitchell Allen, BS
Daniel Alzamora, BS
Maxwell Palen Anderson, MS
Natalie Anderson, BS
Olivia Rose Andre, BS
Graham Armstrong, BS
Jeanne Barthold, PhD
Brewster Beck von Peccoz, BS
Austin Beltz, BS
Caden Bence, BS
Miguel Bermudez, BS
Tejas Bhagoliwal, MS
Madhur Bhrath Atreya, PhD
Sunaina Bhutada, BS
Jake Bivens, BS
Guillermo Blandon, BS
Daniel Bojorquez, BS
Will Borelli, BS
Luke Borgerding, BS
Sebastian Bouckenooghe, BS
Victoria Bowen, BS
Donovan Branch, BS
Justin Brand, BS
Nolan Brunner, BS
Dylan Butler, BS
James Cadagan, BS
Finlay Carlson, BS
Benjamin Andreas Bellem Carnicelli, MS
Andrew Carpender, BS
Micheal Casavant, BS
John E Castellini Jr, PhD
Angel Castillo de la Cruz, MS
Elvin Chateauvert, BS
Aman Rafik Chavhan, MS
Yunhao Chen, MS
Nolan Chinn, BS
Aryan Choudhary, MS
Ben Clairday, BS
Nicholas Cooper, BS
Lucio Ismael Cota, MS
Catherine Crichton, MS
Mitchell Crine, BS
Riley Curry, BS
Isaiah Steven Curtis, MS
Peter Daichman, BS
Justin Darr, BS
Bryce Dickson, BS
Lexi Dinser, BS
William Doherty, BS
Pandora Down, BS
Nora Drewno, BS
Greyson Dudley, BS
Nick Dudley, BS
Luke Durham, BS
Timothy Eads, BS
Will Edgar, BS
Ian Christopher Elliott, MS
Andrew Enrich, BS
Avery Fails, BS
Alyssa Felix-Harrison, BS
Lucas Fesmire, BS
Paddy Flanery, BS
Ben Fougere, BS
Kieran Roy Fung, MS
Kimmie Fung, BS
Brooklyn Garrido, BS
Austin Germann, BS
Ryan Gessler, BS
Chaitanya Ghole, MS
Sam Gibson, BS
Revanth Gollapudi, MS
Bobbie Golik, BS
Victoria Jewel Gonzales, MS
Carolyn Goodwin, BS
Kyle Dirk Gottman, MS
Alex Granquist, BS
Hunter Greenlee, BS
Trevor Groves, BS
Jonathon Gruener, BS
Omar Gutierrez Cardoza, BS
Diego Guzman, BS
Anders Hamburgen, BS
Sean Hamilton, BS
Coyle Harris, BS
Sarah Hartin, BS
Georgia Hastie, BS
Bridger Havens, BS
Peter Heckert, BS
Andrew Helmsen, BS
Cole Henningsen, BS
Zackary Ford Herzer, BS
Caroline Frischmon, MS
Max Higdon, BS
Annalise Hildebrand, BS
Paula Hill, BS
Zachary Hindes, BS
Matt Hoffmann, BS
Alex Holmann, BS
Jeremy Holst, BS
Hayden Holtrop, BS
Travis Hopf, BS
Cohen Horvath, BS
Braedon House, BS
Nick Hudson, BS
Ismail Hussein, BS
Leslie Huynh, BS
Benjamin Hyde, BS
Heider Iacometti, BS
Drew Imhof, MS
Zachariah Irwin, MS
Jared Nathaniel Imler, MS
Jack Isenhart, BS
Dylan Jackson, BS
Alex Jakubek, BS
Connor Jameson, BS
Torin Jensen, BS
Jacob Jeong, BS
Tj Jesse, BS
Eric Jiang, MS
Bryce Kaese, BS
John-Baptist Kauzya, MS
Skyler Jordan Kern, PhD
Maryam Khalili, PhD
Rohit Ravindra Kharat
Cameron Kholos, BS
Connor Kinney, BS
Tyler Kirkpatrick, BS
Sydney Koehler, BS
Kyle Lee Kolanowski, MS
James Kosco, BS
Max Kowalski, BS
Tyler Kraft, BS
Drew Kroeker, BS
David Kuchta, MS
Sabrina Kurevija, BS
Thor Kurzenhauser, BS
Mackenzie Lamoureux, BS
Alexander Larsen, BS
Alex Lawson, BS
Jon Laxdal, BS
Joseph Leahey, BS
Benjamin Lee, BS
Sander Leondaridis, BS
Jacob Lewton, MS
Isaac Likins, BS
Jacqueline Linn, BS
Saioa Lostra, MS
Collin Jeffreys Love, MS
Calvin M Malkoski, MS
Austin Mandl, BS
Marzieh Marizad, MS
Spiros Markopoulos, BS
Justus Martin, MS
Kyle Martinaitis, BS
Zach Mason, BS
Hannah Matthews, BS
Jack Mc Hale, BS
Marina Mccann, BS
Will McConnell, BS
Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin, MS
Maddie McNary, BS
Ella Mcquaid, BS
Melissa Medialdea, BS
Colten Reuben Meisner, BS
Elijah Miller, MS
Josh Minimo, BS
Alex Mitchell, BS
Kyle Mitchiner, BS
Eduardo Miscles, MS
Hayden Moll, BS
Nick Monahan, BS
Manuel Monroy Ramirez, BS
Danielle Morris, BS
Nick Morris, BS
Nikki Morrow, BS
Brandon Muckenthaler, BS
Owen Mulcahy, BS
Shyam Sundar Muralidharan, MS
Vinodharani Murugadoss, MS
Colin Harrison Neeson, MS
Liam Neuffer, BS
Brittany Lain Nixon, MS
Drake Nosker, BS
Rhett Nutter, BS
Nate Olson, BS
Sarah Osman, MS
Lindsey Sterling Nast, MS
Muhammad Omar Nawaz, PhD
Stephen Michael Otto, MS
Robert Lee Nevitt III, MS
Mario Pace, BS
Danielle Park, PhD
Justin Perdew, BS
Tavis Edwin Peterson, MS
Jack Pfeifer, BS
Daniel Nguyen Phelan, MS
Aaron Michael Pickens, MS
Lana Pivarnik, BS
Jace Pivonka, MS
Alex Platt, BS
Kayla Ployhar, BS
Audrey Plzak, BS
Joshua Tobin Price
Josh Priest, BS
Ryan Primeau, BS
Julian Probsdorfer, BS
Sean Quinn, BS
Salil Rabade, PhD
Dylan Alexander Ramaswamy, MS
Blake Rhyner, BS
Jesse Rice, BS
Max Richards, BS
Dane Richardson, BS
Zach Richardson, BS
Kyle Rogers, MS
Grant Rold, BS
Christian Romrell, BS
Ricardo Timothy Roopnarinesingh, MS
Alexander Rosenberry, BS
Joseph Samuel Rubaker, MS
José Ruiz, BS
James Rundel, PhD
Bennett Russell, BS
Jose Salgado, BS
Abram Sanchez, BS
Ryan Schmad, BS
Jacob Schmidt, BS
Garrett L Schmitz, MS
Logan Schroeder, BS
Mitchel Alan Schroeder, MS
Katie Schutt, BS
Ellyse Schneider, PhD
Aaron Schwan, BS
Hugh Scribner, BS
Thisal Senevirathne, BS
Alec Shelton, BS
Kendall Shepherd, BS
Cole Sheyka, BS
Eddie Shi, BS
Amanda Shields, BS
James Shimic, BS
Kaleb Sieh, BS
Moayad Saeed A Sindi, MS
Sarjot Singh, BS
Dan Soby, BS
Meiou Song, MS
Austin Lee Spafford, MS
Robert Spindler, BS
Zachary Sprecher, BS
Cole Dewell Smith, MS
Braden Stack, BS
Maridith Stading, BS
Justin Stearns, MS
Elena Stirk, BS
Jordan RoseAnn Stockdale, MS
Ryan Stoltz, BS
Ethan Street, MS
Joseph Sullivan, BS
Stan Suter, BS
Owen Sybert, BS
Joshua Robert Tacca, PhD
Ryan Tasto, BS
Solana Teitler, BS
Greg Textoris, BS
Charlotte Michele Thomas, MS
Noah Thornally, BS
Trey Thorpe, BS
Ryan Tidd, BS
Quin Tobin, BS
Alexandra Todd, BS
Matthew David Tonn, MS
Liam Travis, BS
Tyson Trofino, BS
Corey Trujillo, PhD
Chia-Nien Tsai, PhD
Sydney Tucker, BS
Erick Mohammed Urbano, BS
Jacob Valladares, BS
Sam Vallo, BS
Kyle Van Hoesen, BS
Max Van Lancker, BS
Owen Vandersmith, BS
Melvin Noobtsim Vang, MS
Ryan Varasteh, BS
Justin Joy Varghese, MS
Vijaya Krishna Veerisetty, MS
Victor Velasco, BS
Shreya Venkatesh, MS
Bennett Verderame, BS
Surendra Villuri, MS
Patrick Watson, BS
Serena Ruth Watson, MS
Zach Weaver, BS
Kendall Webster, MS
Ryan Guy Wells, MS
Ivan Werne, BS
Jaime Wickersheim, BS
Kelli Wildman, MS
Graham Williams, BS
Jessica Woodard, MS
Miles Wohl, BS
Devin Wong, BS
Weige Wong, BS
Alex Woodruff, BS
Carlos Yosten, BS
Holly Young, MS
Eric Zhang, BS
Zoe Zier, BS